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Picked up the latest book by Dan Brown (self proclaimed not-a-car-guy praising his Model X in a recent interview), author of Da Vinci Code, Inferno, Angels and Demons etc.

In the book, one of the the main characters, Edmond Kirsch, futurist and entrepreneur, has a Model X P90D. Very positive mention of Tesla and its features (summon, Autopilot, Ludicrous acceleration etc).

But you know the book is fictitious when it says, quote: "... his favorite sports car - a Tesla Model X P90D that Elon Musk had allegedly hand-delivered to him as a gift..."

The book appears to be average, but mentioning Tesla takes it one level above average.

"Mr. Brown does not have a lot in common with Edmond Kirsch, the futurologist and entrepreneur of his book, but they do share a car: the Tesla Model X, the least expensive version of which costs about $80,000. Among other things, it can drive and park itself.

[...] he bought a Lexus hybrid SUV, and then after that a Tesla sports car, which also did not sit easily with him.

“I felt like a jerk,” he said. “ I felt like I needed a gold chain and a ponytail or something. This one feels like the minivan of Teslas.”

He and I got into the car, which indeed looked kind of minivan-esque until it accelerated from 0 to 60 in under three seconds, right in the (not very long) driveway, and then switched lanes by itself on the highway."